| Vivien Leigh was born Vivien Mary Hartley in | | | | success and this little unknown actress ended up |
| Darjeeling, India. At a very early age, she showed an | | | | winning the Best Actress Award in 1939. |
| aptitude for acting but she could only indulge into it at | | | | In 1940, Olivier and Leigh got married finally. Then |
| the age of 18 when she enrolled in the Royal | | | | World War II happened and Vivien worked mostly on |
| Academy of Dramatic Art in London. | | | | plays staged in and around London. During this period |
| At the age of 19, she married Leigh Holman, who | | | | she became an insomniac and her stepson Tarquin |
| was a barrister and it was his name that she used to | | | | Olivier had to stay up the nights with her. |
| make up her stage name. A year after the marriage, | | | | In 1994, during the shooting of Caesar and Cleopatra, |
| Vivien was still studying and she had a daughter | | | | Vivien realized that she was pregnant but |
| named Suzanne. | | | | unfortunately she miscarried after having a fall on the |
| Then in mid-1930s, Vivien happen to meet Laurence | | | | set of the film. Her stepson attributes her manic |
| Olivier and thus began one of the most passionate | | | | depression to the loss of the baby. In 1945, Leigh |
| affairs of that time. Olivier was married during this | | | | was also diagnosed with tuberculosis, which did not |
| period to Jill Osmond but it did not stop Vivien and | | | | help the situation. |
| Olivier from publicizing their affair. | | | | During this period, manic depression was not |
| During this period, both lovers acted frequently | | | | understood and as result Leigh received shock |
| together on stage and screen and by this time they | | | | therapy for her disorder. Her mental condition coupled |
| had left their spouses to be together. Then Olivier | | | | with physical illness started playing havoc in her |
| signed up for Wuthering Heights and Leigh requested | | | | personal life and this affected her marriage; leading to |
| to be cast as Cathy in the film. However, her | | | | a divorce in 1960. In addition, she has also started |
| demand was rejected because she was not | | | | drinking heavily. |
| well-known in America. | | | | Although Leigh had bipolar disorder and tuberculosis, |
| Leigh ended up getting her most famous role -- | | | | she continued acting and won her second Oscar for |
| Scarlett O'Hara -- in the film Gone With The Wind | | | | her role in the film A Streetcar Named Desire. |
| and the film was released the same year as | | | | In 1967, Leigh died due to tuberculosis. |
| Wuthering Heights. Leigh's movie was a box office | | | | |